Exclusive: Putin Aide Vladislav Surkov Defied E.U. Sanctions to Make Pilgrimage to Greece

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World Exclusive: Putin Aide Vladislav Surkov Defied E.U. Sanctions to Make Pilgrimage to Greece A senior aide to President Vladimir Putin made a pilgrimage to one of Greece's holiest places in May, despite being barred from the E.U. under sanctions imposed for the Russian annexation of Crimea from Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference after a meeting with his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sarkisian at the Kremlin in Moscow on Aug. 10, 2016.

World This Is Why Vladimir Putin Is Accusing Ukraine of Terrorism It would have been a suicide mission, and a rather pointless one. But that is roughly the picture that Russian President Vladimir Putin painted on Wednesday when he accused Ukrainian saboteurs of

Russian military vehicles are parked in Tverskaya street before moving towards Red Square for a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade in central Moscow

World Russia Announces New Military Divisions to Counter NATO Deployments in Eastern Europe Russia on Wednesday warned against NATO's proposed military buildup in Poland and the Baltic, saying it would shoring up its western and southern flanks in response. New army divisions will cover Russia's borders with Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Finland, Azerbaijan and the Baltic States

Viacheslav Buinovsky, 41, walks toward a close friend as he takes some of his first steps using a prosthetic leg at Ortotech Service, a prosthetics workshop in Kiev, Ukraine, Feb. 10, 2015. Buinovsky worked as a mechanic in Sumy Oblast prior to the Euromaidan revolution, in which he took an active role. He joined the Aidar Battalion, a volunteer unit, after the revolution and was severely wounded near Luhansk in September 2014. His right hand and right leg were amputated. "I would like to return to fight, but I do not have the ability," he said. "What I can do to contribute from here, I will do. Everyone who was there would like to return back ... but not everyone can."

LightBox Ukraine’s Injured War Veterans and the Price of Independence The smell of chlorine fills the air at the Kyiv Burn Center, along with the sound of nurses shuffling through the halls with their little carts of medicine. In the intensive care unit, lined up

World Russia Sentences Ukrainian Filmmaker Oleg Sentsov to 20 Years in Prison Oleg Sentsov, a Ukrainian filmmaker best known for the 2011 movie Gámer, was sentenced to 20 years in a Russian prison Tuesday on charges of terrorism. He denies the charges, which Ukraine says are politically motivated

Round table discussion marks 1st anniversary of reunification of Crimea with Russia

World Putin's Confessions on Crimea Expose Kremlin Media Although critics of the Kremlin have often accused Russian state media of distorting facts and misleading viewers, this is the first time that such a momentous distortion has been so clearly and demonstrably false

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World Putin Puts Russia's Northern Fleet on ‘Full Alert’ in Response to NATO Drills Russian President Vladimir Putin put his nation’s northern fleet on full alert in the Artic Ocean on Monday as animosity brews between Kremlin and NATO. The order allows for the mobilization of 38,000 military personnel, 41 ships, 15 submarines and 110 planes

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World Vladimir Putin Admits to Weighing Nuclear Option During Crimea Conflict President Vladimir Putin said he considered putting the country’s vast nuclear arsenal on alert to prevent outside forces from stopping Russia's annexation of the Crimea Peninsula from Ukraine last year. Putin’s admission was aired during a prerecorded documentary

World Oil Prices Changing the Face Of Global Geopolitics In a documentary that aired recently on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s popular The Fifth Estate program, an allegory of Vladimir Putin was presented. The wily Russian president was

Chancellor Angela Merkel in the lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Nov. 26, 2014.

World German Chancellor Says Russia's Actions Are Unjustifiable The German Chancellor Wednesday suggested she is prepared for a confrontation with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the Ukraine crisis when she told German lawmakers Russia’s actions interrupt “the peaceful international order and breach international law”

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